Marybeth Mayhew Whalen is the author of Only Ever Her, as well as When We Were Worthy, The Things We Wish Were True and five previous novels. She speaks to women's groups around the US and is the co-founder of the popular women's fiction site, She Reads www.shereads.org. Marybeth and her husband Curt have been married for 27 years and are the parents of six children. Marybeth divides her time between the suburbs of Charlotte NC and the coastline of Sunset Beach NC.